condonation
Example Sentences
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Ushers were surprisingly courteous, refused in the main the few tips offered, moved with a vicarious sanctity, hoped thereby for condonation for sins committed, planned or guarded against by a wilful ceinture de chastité.
From Time Magazine Archive
I also wondered what effect a condonation of Judge Haynsworth's actions would have on the judiciary at large.
From Time Magazine Archive
And yet the treachery and the deceit were so flagrant that surely no condonation was possible.
From Olive in Italy by Moray Dalton
But condonation may be proved by other acts, or by words, having regard to the circumstances of each case.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
Defences.—In all the States condonation of a matrimonial offence, which is a legal cause for divorce, is a good defence to the petition.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
